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The Acapulco: Volume 6
Paperback
Series: The Chastity Reloaded
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ISBN13: 9781914585661
Publisher: Orenda Books
Published: Oct 17 2023
Pages: 276
Weight: 0.40
Height: 0.47 Width: 5.12 Depth: 7.80
Language: English
Hamburg State Prosecutor Chastity Riley becomes involved in the horrifying, chilling search for a violent serial killer targeting dancers from a club ... the first book in an award-winning, wildly original, addictive series...
' Such a revelation' Laura Lippman
' Gruesome and assured, Buchholz's work remains as persuasive as ever' Barry Forshaw, Financial Times
' Reading Buchholz is like walking on firecrackers ... a truly unique voice in crime fiction' Graeme Macrae Burnet
' Unpredictable, shocking and funny ... Simone Buchholz is my favourite German crime writer' Mark Sanderson, The Times
**WINNER of the CWA Crime in Translation Dagger**
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A serial killer is on the loose in Hamburg, targeting dancers from The Acapulco, a club in the city's red-light district, taking their scalps as gruesome trophies and replacing them with plastic wigs.
Chastity Riley is the state prosecutor responsible for crimes in the district, and she's working alongside the police as they investigate. Can she get inside the mind of the killer?
Her strength is thinking like a criminal; her weaknesses are pubs, bars and destructive relationships, but as Chastity searches for love and a flamboyant killer - battling her demons and the dark, foggy Hamburg weather - she hits dead end after dead end.
As panic sets in and the death toll rises, it becomes increasingly clear that it may already be too late. For everyone...
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' Caustic, incisive prose. A street-smart, gutsy heroine. A timely and staggeringly stylish thriller' Will Carver
' The coolest character in crime fiction ... Darkly funny and written with a huge heart' Doug Johnstone, Big Issue
' Modern noir, with taut storytelling, a hard-bitten heroine, and underlying melancholy peppered with wry humour' New Zealand Listener
' Dark, atmospheric, and complex, with often surprisingly emotional ... a classy piece of fiction from an author who never disappoints' Jen Med's Book Reviews
Praise for the Chastity Riley series:
'Combines nail-biting tension with off-beat humor ... Elmore Leonard fans will be enthralled' Publishers Weekly
'Buchholz doles out delicious black humor ... interwoven in a manner that ramps up the intrigue and tension' Foreword Reviews
' Lyrical and pithy' Sunday Times
'Fierce enough to stab the heart' Spectator
'A real blast of adrenaline' Big Issue
'Simone Buchholz writes with real authority and a pungent, noir-ish sense of time and space' Financial Times
'A stylish, whip-smart thriller' Russel McLean
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